New England Aquarium renovation time lapse
time lapse never gets old.
Showing posts with label ephemera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ephemera. Show all posts
Buses in Boston
I made a simple page that lists the most common bus companies that go to/from Boston. Call it an SEO experiment, if you will.
http://www.bostonbuslist.com/
http://www.bostonbuslist.com/
Coca-Cola's Secret Recipe on eBay
The longtime secret recipe of Coca-Cola has been found, according to Cliff Kluge. He found an old copy of what appears to contain detailed instructions for how to make the world's most popular soda. It can be yours for a mere $5 million to get into a bidding war on eBay, or $15 million to Buy It Now. This American Life also covered a story about the closely guarded recipe two years ago.
Virgin Galatica's virgin flight
Virgin Galactica, Richard Branson's dream to fly commercial rocket jets into outer space, has its first flight scheduled today.
Hear the voice of Alexander Graham Bell
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| wax and cardboard disc from the Smithsonian |
The Atlantic has written an article, with sound bite, about how scientists at the Smithsonian have recovered a 137-year-old recording by the pioneer of sound, Alexander Graham Bell. In the short clip Bell says, "Hear my voice... Alexander Graham Bell," in a crisp British accent.
Test drive Minesweeper HTML5
If you're old enough (like me) to remember Minesweeper, the best Windows game ever, you'll be glad to know that Microsoft has an HTML5 version free to try out.
Google has over 1,000 custom made bicycles for employees
According to Wired magazine, in 2007 Google bought 100 Huffy bicycles so employees could trek around Mountain View quickly. Since then the project has taken off and now they house about 1,300 custom made bikes created in its very own "secret bike workshop." Just don't steal or try to resell them on Craigslist-- you'll get pulled over or otherwise reported to the police.
Underrated films of this millenium (so far)
Den of Geek posted a pretty comprehensive list of the top 50 underrated films of the past 13 years. Some are intriguing; some I've seen and enjoyed; a couple I've seen and not enjoyed.
